April 26, 2009

Roma Draw

Rafa doesn't have an easy quarter but it's not like that should
matter. He has a potentially tough second rounder with Querrey
California, who has always played Rafa tough on both clay and hard
courts. After that he could pull Blah, but whatever, it's clay and
Blah wears red, white, and blue. Luckily for Rafa, the bottom half of
his quarter is going to be a brawl, with Jo, Reeshie, Nico, Igor, and
Fer all battling it out for a quarterfinal birth. I'm picking Fer to
come out if, mainly because I want to see the Rafa/Fer clay match that
we didn't last week in Barca.

Muzz probably has the easiest quarter with not too many toughies until
the quarters, where he could face a streaky Gonzo and recovering
Kolya.

Fed's got a potentially tricky quarter, with an early match vs. Ivo
(though on clay that shouldn't be too bad), a third round vs. Steps,
and then a hot-handed Daveed in the quarters. Gilly is there too but
it remains to be seen whether he's recovered his form yet.

Nole could have a tough third round where he could face Disco, who's always solid on clay. Past that there's Stan and Elf looming as quarterfinal opponents. I'm sure Nole would prefer to avoid Stan if he can. He always plays Nole tough.

I'm picking the Big Four for the semis. I want to pick Daveed over Fed but I'm just not sure Daveed has it in him to make a run in back to back tourneys. So, Rafa vs. Nole final.

Comments

Rafa doesn't have an easy quarter but it's not like that should
matter. He has a potentially tough second rounder with Querrey
California, who has always played Rafa tough on both clay and hard
courts. After that he could pull Blah, but whatever, it's clay and
Blah wears red, white, and blue. Luckily for Rafa, the bottom half of
his quarter is going to be a brawl, with Jo, Reeshie, Nico, Igor, and
Fer all battling it out for a quarterfinal birth. I'm picking Fer to
come out if, mainly because I want to see the Rafa/Fer clay match that
we didn't last week in Barca.

Muzz probably has the easiest quarter with not too many toughies until
the quarters, where he could face a streaky Gonzo and recovering
Kolya.

Fed's got a potentially tricky quarter, with an early match vs. Ivo
(though on clay that shouldn't be too bad), a third round vs. Steps,
and then a hot-handed Daveed in the quarters. Gilly is there too but
it remains to be seen whether he's recovered his form yet.

Nole could have a tough third round where he could face Disco, who's always solid on clay. Past that there's Stan and Elf looming as quarterfinal opponents. I'm sure Nole would prefer to avoid Stan if he can. He always plays Nole tough.

I'm picking the Big Four for the semis. I want to pick Daveed over Fed but I'm just not sure Daveed has it in him to make a run in back to back tourneys. So, Rafa vs. Nole final.